[chrisringrose]

My biggest complaint about HN is the users with enough karma to down-vote that do so just because they disagree with you.

I've had legit discussions here about real tech topics (for example web apps vs standard EXE apps), and the guy who continually disagreed with me clearly down-voted every comment I made, and replied with out-dated counterarguments. I wound up losing almost all my karma from one discussion, all while remaining civil.

It's very discouraging to be new here, and try to openly express an opinion. It should take more than one to down-vote a comment successfully.